1) Poetry by Mikhail Lermontov 
[poem] Sashka is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1835–1836 and first published by Pavel Viskovatov in No. 1, 1882, issue of Russkaya Mysl magazine. Belonging to the so called `Ironic cycle` (alongside `The Fairytale for Children` and `Tambov Treasurer`s Wife`), it is one of Lermontov`s largest poems, containing 149 stanzas (11 lin...